Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-05-28
&c. FROSTBURG, MD, SATURDAY, MAY 2S 1887.
THEY have it down in Anne Arundel,

| tell us honestly how they expended 1913, ,035.32
on the public roads of this county in 1856
''all will be forgiven"
Up here our commissioners have un-
doubtedly done all they could to get
the money levied put on the roads.
They could not divide into five squads
of one each and oversee the little boys
and old men at work here and there, be-
cause they are not paid enough salary
to see personally that the cradle and the
grave are not robbed to save our high.
ways. Under our system all they can
do is to take the sworn accounts Of the
supervisors as everlastingly conclusive
of the business.
The general road supervisor, par
TALLY provided for by law, is "com-
ing event"
If the gentleman who made the
salary inadequate is elected to the
Legislature next fall he will be able to
rectify the error by measure raising
it to living proportions.
Then the commissioners will have
an opportunity to decide in selecting
him whether the man who can bring
the most votes to the primary is the
best judge of roads, and good de-
tective among road supervisors.
THE mournful report goes out that
the Frostburg baseball association
talk of selling out" "Sic transit
gloria," etc.
Right alongside this statement in
the Cumberland Times falls the fol-
lowing as an accident of ''make-up'
no doubt:
A baseball club has been established by
some interested citizens in Cumberland and
the ground has been secured for the season.
Its committee have sent to Pittsburg for a
pitcher and catcher and expect to turn out
strong team. In connection with this ball
will be given at the Maennerchor Hall on
Tuesday May oath, the proceeds of which will
be devoted towards the expenses of the club
1t is to be hoped that this will be well patron
lied, to give these gentlemen good start and
to promote what Cumberland certainly ought
to have, a good baseball club.
The Frostburg association knows
very we'll that this metropolis must
keep pace with Cumberland in base
ball history and biography. If the
latter has club we must have one,
else the equilibrium of things will be
disturbed, perhaps destroyed.
Why, in that elder day to have
stood beside Cumberland even as Sec
ond best would have evoked smile at
the expense of this metropolis a mile
wide and seven stories high.
THE last report states that the gen
eral executive board of the Knights of
Labor will take n hand in the Con-
nellsville strike with view to effect
ing a settlement.
This resolution comes little late,
but possibly better late than not at
all.
Still it will be in good time to claim
the credit for stoppage that must
eventually come.
The Order, however, was organized
primarily to intercept strikes, not to
settle them.
AS an "ounce of prevention" how
ever, it is q dismal failure.
AS "pound of cure" noted in this
region, it has proved burlesque.
"Settle strike! ~ Yea, verily--like
the old woman kept tavern.
OUR friend of the Lonaconing Re
ciesO is awfully cut up about the at
titude of "a number of journals" to
ward "the supposed boycott of labor
papers by the general officers" gong
so far this week as to say that the
critics kneeo 1.-THE statement to be lie
manufactured for the purpose OF
creating discord." How could the
deadly critics knOso that it was not lie
They arc not members, neither indeed
can be, for the noble order does MOI
tolerate critics, nor look with com
placence on criticisms.
The RerieD, however, illustrated
some genuine" truth by spelling
chestnut" with three t's.
AMONG the wants of Allegany coun
ty the Cumberland Times capitalize
the following:
More capital and more labor.
More immigrants and fewer emigrants.
We doubt it-so far as there may b.
any vital demand for either "mor
labor" or ''more immigrants" w
could stand more labor as a manua
habit rather than as an addition to tina
!, important element of opulation. An
we might worry along with "mor
r capital" with less difficulty than almos
E anything else. AS a matter of fact
we could stand being scrouged wit
; capital.
THE democracy of the State have firml
e resolved to put none but true men on guart
S Cumberland Times.
: That is n good idea